josh's WebLogVisual C++ IDE from the trenchesfeedback: export makefile- May 19, 2004 Stephane asks where the "export makfile" in VS 20022003, and if it is coming back in whidbey (VS 2005). unfortunately the answer is that export makefile does not exist in any version of VS since 6.0 (98) and there aren't any plans to change that. the reasons behind losing this feature in 7.0 (2002) are varied, but most important was the lack of resources (time) to re-implement the work in the new project system (the 7.0 project system was a near-complete re-write, in order to get...http://blogs.msdn.com/josh_/archive/2004/05/19/135296.aspx understanding the VC project system part VII: "makefile" projects and (re-)using environments- May 18, 2004 many people have codebases that they don't have the luxury of building with the VC project build system. yet they may still want to use the Visual Studio environment to get intellisense on their code etc etc. unfortunately, the intellisense editor features in VS require a project. the solution to this dilemma is what we call a "makefile project". this is really a misnomer, but we continue to call them this for historical reasons. in a makefile project, the project system doesn't...http://blogs.msdn.com/josh_/archive/2004/05/18/134638.aspx long time...- May 5, 2004 it has been a while since i posted last. that's what i get for letting things get out of hand around here. we've been pushing hard towards getting the first beta of visual studio 2005 (whidbey) ready and that has been taking most of my time. that plus the sunny weather we had for a few weeks. :) there have been a few comments that i haven't responded to; sorry about that. let's see if i can quickly go over them now: exothermicus was trying to get custom build steps to run a tool on all the...http://blogs.msdn.com/josh_/archive/2004/05/05/126617.aspx |